WG4: Bioproducts generation from the sugars platform by non-conventional yeasts

Cecilia Geijer

Leader

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

cecilia.geijer@chalmers.se

Justyna Ruchala

Vice-Leader

University of Rzeszow, Poland

jruchala@ur.edu.pl

MOTIVATION

Glucose or sucrose are classical carbon substrates for typical industrial yeast processes. The utilization of alternative low-cost carbon sources is however needed for the successful expansion of industrial biotechnology. The fermentable sugars obtained from renewable raw materials such as cellulosic sugars are therefore attractive alternatives for the production of biofuels and (fine) biochemicals.

Non-conventional yeasts are capable of utilizing a wide range of sugars. Hence, a vast range of bioproducts is expected to be produced by these microorganisms, including the production of enzymes, food-additives, bioplastics, bioethanol, or biodiesel. In addition, new bioproducts arisen from the discovery of new metabolic routes on non-conventional yeasts grown on alternative carbon sources might benefit the energy sector as well as pharmacological, nutritional and chemical industry.

OBJECTIVES

WG4 targets at exploring different alternatives to produce bioproducts (e.g. bioethanol, biodiesel, 2-phenylethanol, flavin coenzyme, weak acids, industrially relevant enzymes, bioplastics, etc.) by non-conventional yeasts from the sugar released from low-cost raw materials (e.g. agri-food residues, lignocellulose). Both naturally occurring and recombinant strains will be taken into account to reach this aim. The production of such bioproducts by different non-conventional yeast will be then compared in terms of yields, productivities, profitability and environmental impact.

In particular, WG4 has the following Tasks:

Screening of non-conventional yeasts with best properties to perform on the sugar platform molecules.
Optimization of process conditions to maximize product yields and titers for different bioproducts.
Collection of research assays which will be planned and potentially executed considering industrial requirements, in order to facilitate the subsequent scale-up of the process.

PARTICIPANTS

Country	Participant	Role	E-mail	Institution of affiliation
Albania	Vilma Gurazi	MC member	vgurazi@ubt.edu.al	Agricultural University of Tirana
Austria	Anton Glieder	MC member	anton.glieder@bisy.at	Graz University of Technology, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Austria	Diethard Mattanovich	MC member	diethard.mattanovich@boku.ac.at	University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Veinna
Austria	Harald Pichler	MC substitute	harald.pichler@tugraz.at	Graz University of Technology, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Austria	Alexander Zwirzitz	Participant	alexander.zwirzitz@fh-wels.at	University of Applied Sciences of Upper Austria
Austria	Brigitte Gasser	MC member	brigitte.gasser@boku.ac.at	University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Belgium	Patrick Fickers	MC member	pfickers@uliege.be	Université de Liege - Gembloux Agro-BioTech
Belgium	Sofie de Maeseneire	MC substitute	sofie.demaeseneire@ugent.be	Ghent University
Belgium	Sophie Roelants	Participant*	sophie.roelants@bbeu.org	Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Belgium	Iris Cornet	MC member	iris.cornet@uantwerpen.be	Belgium, University of Antwerp
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Borut Bosancic	MC member	borut.bosancic@agro.unibl.org	University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biometrics
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Anita Juric	MC member	anita.juric@aptf.sum.ba	University of Mostar
Brazil	Andreas K. Gombert	MC observer	gombert@unicamp.br	University of Campinas
Croatia	Ana Vrsalović Presečki	MC member	avrsalov@fkit.hr	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Croatia	Martina Sudar	MC substitute	msudar@fkit.hr	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Croatia	Marko Vinceković	MC substitute	mvincekovic@agr.hr	University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Chemistry
Croatia	Dajana Kučić Grgić	MC substitute	dkucic@fkit.hr	Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Czech Republic	Hana Sychrova	ITC- Conference Manager/MC member	hana.sychrova@fgu.cas.cz	Department of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences
Czech Republic	Vladimir Kren	MC member	kren@biomed.cas.cz	Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Denmark	Jose Luis Martinez	Vice-Chair/MC member	jlmr@dtu.dk	DTU
Denmark	César Fonseca	MC member	csf@bio.aau.dk	Aalborg University
Estonia	Petri-Jaan Lahtvee	WG3 Vice-Leader/MC member	lahtvee@ut.ee	University of Tartu
Estonia	Tiina Alamäe	MC member	tiina@alamae.eu	Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu
Estonia	Nemailla Bonturi	MC substitute	nemailla.bonturi@ut.ee	University of Tartu
Estonia	Triinu Visnapuu	MC substitute	triinu.visnapuu@ut.ee	University of Tartu
Estonia	Karl Peebo	Participant	karl.peebo@fibenol.com	Fibenol
Finland	Minna Laine	MC member	minna.laine@st1.fi	St1 Oy
France	Mohamed KOUBAA	Participant	m.koubaa@escom.fr	Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale (ESCOM Chimie)
Germany	Mehmet Gazaloglu	Participant	mgazaloglu@jacobs-university.de	Jacobs University Bremen
Germany	Volker Sieber	MC member	sieber@tum.de	Technical University of Munich
Germany	Monica Trif	Participant	trifmoni@gmail.com	Centre for innovative process engineering (CENTIV) GmbH
Greece	George Aggelis	MC member	george.aggelis@upatras.gr	University of Patras
Greece	Seraphim Papanikolau	MC member	spapanik@aua.gr	Agricultural University of Athens
Greece	Evangelos Topakas	MC substitute	vtopakas@chemeng.ntua.gr	National Technical University of Athens
Greece	Gabriela Valdes Rodriguez	Participant	gvaldesrodriguez@gmail.com	University of Patras
Hungary	Csaba Fehér	Science Com. Manager/MC member	csaba_feher@mail.bme.hu	Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Hungary	Soma Bedő	MC member	bedo12@gmail.com	Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Hungary	Aron Nemeth	Participant	naron@mail.bme.hu	BUTE-Dep. Applied Biotechnology and Foodscience
Iceland	Hjörleifur Einarsson	MC member	hei@unak.is	University of Akureyri
Iceland	Jens Jakob Sigurðarson	MC member	jens@biopol.is	BioPol
Ireland	Gaurav Rajauria	MC member	gaurav.rajauria@ucd.ie	UCD Lyons Research Farm
Ireland	John Morrisey	MC member	j.morrissey@ucc.ie	University College Cork
Ireland	Carlos Belloch	Participant	carlos.belloch@ucc.ie	University College Cork
Ireland	Pooja Jayaprakash	Participant	p.jayaprakash@campus.unimib.it	University College Cork, Ireland and University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano
Israel	Aharon Gedanken	MC member	gedanken@mail.biu.ac.il	Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Israel	Yoram Gerchman	WG1 Vide-Leader/MC member	gerchman.yoram@gmail.com	Oranim college (and University of Haifa)
Israel	Ilana Perelshtein	MC substitute	ilana.perelshtein@biu.ac.il	Bar Ilan University
Italy	Paola Branduardi	MC member	paola.branduardi@unimib.it	University of Milano Bicocca
Italy	Gennaro Agrimi	MC member	gennaro.agrimi@uniba.it	Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics - University of Bari
Italy	Lisa Solieri	Participant*	lisa.solieri@unimore.it	Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Italy	Valeria Mapelli	Participant	valeria.mapelli@unimib.it	University of Milano Bicocca
Italy	Immacolata Serra	Participant	immacolata.serra@unimib.it	University of Milano Bicocca
Italy	Letizia Maestroni	Participant	l.maestronj@campus.unimib.it	University of Milano Bicocca
Italy	Luca Mastella	Participant	l.mastella@campus.unimib.it	University of Milano Bicocca
Italy	Stefano Bertacchi	Participant	s.bertacchi@campus.unimib.it	University of Milano Bicocca
Italy	Pietro Butti	Participant	p.butti@campus.unimib.it	University of Milano - Bicocca
Italy	Mariagiovanna Fragasso	Participant	mariagiovanna.fragasso@gmail.com	Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Einaudi
Latvia	Armands Vigants	MC member	armands.vigants@lu.lv	University of Latvia, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Latvia	Mara Grube	MC member	grube@lu.lv	Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Latvia
Latvia	Janis Liepins	MC substitute	janis.liepins@lu.lv	University of Latvia
Lithuania	Dalia Cizeikiene	MC member	dalia.cizeikiene@gmail.com	Kaunas University of Technology
Lithuania	Loreta Basinskiene	MC substitute	loreta.basinskiene@ktu.lt	Kaunas University of Technology
Luxembourg	Magdalena Calusinska	WG6 Leader/MC member	magdalena.calusinska@list.lu	Luxembourg Institute of Science and technology
North Macedonia	Irina Mladenoska	MC member	irinaetf@mt.net.mk	Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Skopje Rudjer Boskovic
North Macedonia	Natalija Atanasova-Pancevska	Participant	natalijaap@gmail.com	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
Norway	Volha Shapaval	MC member	volha.shapaval@nmbu.no	Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Poland	Andriy Sibirny	MC member	sibirny@yahoo.com	University of Rzeszow, Poland
Poland	Anna Bzducha-Wróbel	MC substitute	anna_bzducha_wrobel@sggw.pl	Warsaw University of Life Science WULS-SGGW, Institute of Food Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology
Poland	Adam Dobrowolski	MC substitute	dr adam dobrowolski	Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology
Poland	Justyna Ruchała	WG4 Vice-Leader/MC member	jruchala@ur.edu.pl	Uniwersytet Rzeszowski
Portugal	Isabel Sá-Correia	MC member	isacorreia@tecnico.ulisboa.pt	iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Portugal	Lorena Donzella	Participant	lorena.donzella@gmail.com	Universidade do Minho
Portugal	Nuno Torres Faria	Participant	nuno.faria@tecnico.ulisboa.pt	Institute for Bioengeneering and Biosciences (iBB), Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Portugal	Susana Marques	STSM-coordinator/MC member	susana.marques@lneg.pt	LNEG - Bioenergy Unit
Portugal	Teresa Lopes da Silva	Participant	teresa.lopessilva@lneg.pt	Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia
Romania	Daniela-Mihaela Grigore	MC member	dm.grigore@yahoo.com	University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
Serbia	Zorana Rončević	MC member	ron@uns.ac.rs	Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad
Serbia	Jelena Dodić	MC substitute	klik@uns.ac.rs	University of Novi Sad Faculty of Technology Novi Sad
Serbia	Vesna Vucurovic	Participant*	vvvesna@uns.ac.rs	Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering. University of Novi Sad Faculty of Technology Novi Sad
Serbia	RužicaTomičić	MC member	ruzica.tomicic@yahoo.com	Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad
Serbia	Anja Savelic	Participant	anjasaveljicc@gmail.com	University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology
Slovakia	Martin Rebroš	MC member	martin.rebros@stuba.sk	Slovak University of Technology
Slovakia	Katarína Šuchová	MC member	katarina.suchova@savba.sk	Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Slovakia	Milan Certic	MC substitute	milan.certik@stuba.sk	Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology
Slovakia	Peter Biely	Participant	Peter.Biely@savba.sk	Slovak Academy of Sciences
Slovenia	Cene Gostinčar	MC substitute	cene.gostincar@bf.uni-lj.si	University of Ljubljana
Spain	Elia Tomás	Chair	elia.tomas@imdea.org	IMDEA Energy Institute
Spain	Antonio David Moreno	WG6 Vice-Leader/MC member	david.moreno@ciemat.es	Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Spain	Lourdes Martínez Cartas	MC substitute	lcartas@ujaen.es	University of Jaén
Spain	María Isabel González Siso	Participant	migs@udc.es	Universidade da Coruña
Spain	Pau Ferrer	Participant*	pau.ferrer@uab.cat	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain	Christian Kennes	MC substitute	c.kennes@udc.es	Universidade da Coruña
Spain	Eulogio Castro	Participant	ecastro@ujaen.es	University of Jaén
Spain	José Ramos	Participant	mi1raruj@uco.es	University of Córdoba (UCO)
Spain	Manuel Becerra	Participant	manuel.becerra@udc.es	Universidade da Coruña
Sweden	Cecilia Geijer	WG4 Leader/MC	cecilia.geijer@chalmers.se	Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden	Lisbeth Olsson	MC member	lisbeth.olsson@chalmers.se	Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden	Volkmar Passoth	WG2 Leader/MC member	volkmar.passoth@slu.se	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Molecular Sciences
Sweden	Kim Olofsson	Participant	kim.olofsson@aak.com	AAK AB
Sweden	Charilaos Xiros	Participant	charilaos.xiros@processum.se	RISE Processum AB
Sweden	Jonas Ravn	Participant	ravn@chalmers.se	Chalmers University of Technology
Turkey	Gözde Konuray	MC member	gkonuray@gmail.com	Cukurova University Department of Food Engineering, Saricam
Turkey	Neslihan Dikbaş	MC member	neslidikbas@atauni.edu.tr	Atatürk University
Turkey	Baris Binay	MC substitute	binay@gtu.edu.tr	Gebze Technical University
Turkey	Mustafa Turker	Participant	mustafa.turker@pakmaya.com	Pak Gıda Üretim Pazarlama A.Ş.
Turkey	Evrim Özkale	Participant	evrimmiko@gmail.com	Manisa Celal Bayar University
Turkey	Pinar Çalık	Participant	pcalik@metu.edu.tr	Middle East Technical University
Turkey	Yonca Yuceer	Participant	yoncayuceer@comu.edu.tr	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Univ.
Turkey	Burcu Gündüz Ergün	Participant	burcugunduz3@gmail.com	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Biotechnology Research Center
Turkey	Ersin KARATAŞ	Participant	hdersin@gmail.com	Gebze Technical University
Turkey	Gamze Nur Müjdeci	Participant	gnurmujdeci1@gmail.com	Hitit University
Turkey	Hülya KARACA	MC substitute	hulyakaraca@gmail.com	Anadolu University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Eskişehir-Turkey
Turkey	Nesrim Merve	Participant	celebiuzkuc@comu.edu.tr	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
Turkey	Burcu Kaya	Participant	burcu.kaya@comu.edu.tr	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Turkey	Sebahat Oztekin	Participant	ozakca.sebahat@gmail.com	Bayburt University
UK	Huadong Peng	Participant	h.peng@imperial.ac.uk	Imperial College London
UK	Gavin McStay	Participant	g.p.mcstay@ljmu.ac.uk	Staffordshire University
UK	Vinod Kumar	Participant	Vinod.Kumar@cranfield.ac.uk	Cranfield University